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The Eyes Have It

Posted by michael on from the do-you-still-love-me dept.

Feelgood writes: "Yahoo is carrying a Reuters report that thermal imaging may be used in airports to detect liars. Shouldn't be a problem that 1 out of 4 liars will get away and 1 in 10 innocents will be incorrectly nailed." There's a UPI story about the lie detector possibilities and a blurb in Nature. From the UPI article, the inventor has a good appreciation of the ethical considerations. Will anyone else care?

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  1. Re:The test by Raetsel · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "Let me tell you about my mother..."
    • (BANG.)

    Yeah, I suppose I could see that happening...
    --

    "...America's great minds of today, teaching America's great minds of tomorrow. Poor bastards." -- A Beautiful Min
  2. Re:off topic, troll, flaimbate by mokyar · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Although theoretically it is off topic, which I stated in the subject line, it is very much relevant. You didn't need to mod it down.